Rating: ★★★★ 22/09/18 Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence… …I read this, and get hit by countless images, multiple voices and associations, and a sense of closeness, being all part of … More The Hollow Men – T.S. Eliot

Rating: ★★ 03/08/18 To a lady on the death of three relations … Weep not for them, and leave the world behind. As a young plant by hurricanes up torn, So near its parent lies the newly born— But ‘midst the bright ehtereal train behold It shines superior on a throne of gold: Then, mourner, cease; … More Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral – Phillis Wheatley

Rating: ★★★★ 05/01/18-21/03/18 The Ballad of the Proverbs So rough the goat will scratch, it cannot sleep. So often goes the pot to the well that it breaks. So long you heat iron, it will glow; so heavily you hammer it, it shatters. So good is the man as his praise; so far he will go, … More Testamentos – François Villon

Rating: ★★ 18/02/18 1. the saddening I had high hopes. As with other few works, again, the title wasn’t tempting at all but still, after reading two poems, I thought it could work. It turns out I liked those two poems and maybe two more and that was it. High hopes… i had high hopes but now … More Milk and Honey – Rupi Kaur

Rating: ★★★ 31/01/18 Poor boy – leaves moon-viewing for rice-grinding. * Journey’s end – still alive, this autumn evening. * Morning-glory – it, too, turns from me. At least, I still have autumn. A lovely selection of poems. Better collections prevent me from giving this more than three stars. And a half. three stars and a … More Lips too Chilled – Bashō Matsuo

Rating: ★★★ 15/07/17 Georg Trakl was born in Austria in 1887. He started writing poetry at a very young age, however he later decided to study pharmacy. After that, he enlisted in the army but never stopped writing. During World War I, he worked as a medical official. He witnessed the harrowing consequences of the war … More Poems and Prose: A Bilingual Edition – Georg Trakl

Rating: ★★★★ 13/16/16 Moon Across the Way (1925) and San Martín Copybook (1929) are the last two books that complete the poetic trilogy Borges had started with Fervor of Buenos Aires (1923). There is a particular, tangible atmosphere that acts as a bond among those three collections, one that goes beyond the lyrical tone and elegance … More Luna de Enfrente: Cuaderno San Martín – Jorge Luis Borges

Rating: ★★★★ 08/11/16 A process in the weather of the heart A process in the weather of the heart Turns damp to dry; the golden shot Storms in the freezing tomb. A weather in the quarter of the veins Turns night to day; blood in their suns Lights up the living worm. A process in the … More Collected Poems – Dylan Thomas